Worried about foals diarrhea any advice?

10 Day old foal has diarrhea and runny nose. My vet says it is probably mare heat causing it. Her nose is runny but liquid is clear. It is windy today. Probably nothing to worry about but does anybody have any other ideas. I might just be worried for no reason.Worried about foals diarrhea any advice?
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It probably is normal. If it persists, a vet should be called.





With the availibility of good milk replacers, why on earth would you even consider buying gallons of cows milk??


Is this one of your lovely Paints? At least you know that it's not OLWS, wrong symptoms. Good luck.





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Make sure if it is still nursing that the mom is healthy if not get some formula. If you cant find horse formula cow is good and so is goat. Plus don't buy the cow milk in a gallon jar from the store. Get it from a feed store and don't zap it in the microwave because that will kill all of the calcium and other stuff. Warm it with hot water. If the foal isn't nursing make sure what your feeding it is good. Grass hay is best. NOT alfalfa. The runny nose might be because it is cold or to hot. Make sure they have a shelter. And try and see if its mom is taking care of it.(letting it nurse, keeping it warm etc.)
Sounds pretty normal. Foals will get diarrhea during foal heat and wind and dust can cause the runny nose.


Try to keep the poo from drying on the butt, take a bucket of warm water with a drop or two of Ivory soap and wash him off... ya I know.. it won't be easy lol.. but otherwise, it will cause the hair to fall out (it will regrow) but it can be irritating to the foal. Plus if you do this enough, he will learn early on that it is ok for someone to be behind him, and be way less likely to kick as he gets older.
This is normal for the first two weeks. Call the vet if it persists after two weeks.





Here read this. It will explain everything to the T.





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